Grate Properties Mhc, IN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Grate Properties Mhc
Grate Properties Mhc serves about 66 people through 30 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Noble County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5257022; phone on file: 260-348-0695. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Grate Properties Mhc's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grate Properties Mhc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Grate Properties Mhc compares
Of the 687 Indiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.31 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. Grate Properties Mhc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in Indiana and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Noble County
11 other systems share Noble County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grate Properties Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kendallville Water Department | 10,300 | 4.06 ppb |
| Ligonier Water Works | 4,405 | 5.8 ppb |
| Avilla Water Department | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Albion Water & Sewer | 2,349 | 8.51 ppb |
| Cromwell Water Works | 550 | 1.89 ppb |
| Eagles Nest Estates | 350 | 3.7 ppb |
| Chain O Lakes Correctional Facility | 186 | 31.3 ppb |
| Rome City Housing Auth. - Warrener Court | 94 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northport Mobile Home Park | 47 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leisure Lane Mobile Home Park | 31 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Waterloo, IN
Look up your address in Grate Properties Mhc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Grate Properties Mhc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.